Re: [idvusers] Jython method to extract isosurface?

• To: Paul Graham <meteorpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [idvusers] Jython method to extract isosurface?
• From: Tom Whittaker <whittaker@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:52:35 -0600

Paul -- I don't know of anything off-hand.  One issue I see is if
there is a fold in the isosurface, a 2D representation is impossible.
For example, think of an isosurface of wind speed for, say, the 40kt
isosurface -- they would be "tubes" and "bubbles"...

tom

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Paul Graham <meteorpaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi IDV'ers,
>
> I'm interested to know if there is a way to extract an isosurface from a 3d
> gridded field and store it as a 2d grid of isosurface heights for display
> or other purposes, using an IDV Jython script?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
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